More problems for K-Nine.

We (Mel, Kolob and Mog) are parked at the Refugio
Biológico Tati Yupi (S25.371355 W54.581053) to the north of the
Itaipu Dam visitor's centre near Cuidad del Este in Paraguay. We had intended
to park in the visitor's centre car park, but were directed here. As you can
see it is a far more pleasant place to camp. There is plenty of grass, water,
toilets, showers and lots of barbecue areas. Most visitors seem to be here for
just a day but there are several groups in tents. So far it seems to free of
charge.

We had to get permission to camp here at the dam visitor
centre.

K-Nine, we hope, is
back at the Mercedes-Benz truck garage in Asunción (Condor S.A.C.I.).
After the work done on K-Nine's engine in Encarnacion (also by Condor S.A.C.I.)
things went from bad to worse.

A week ago K-Nine was running well, but with a small oil leak. Now
K-Nine has a noisy turbo, difficulty in starting, and a lack of power. Exactly
why the new turbo was needed and why Condor in Encarnacion needed to adjust
both the valve clearance and the injection timing is not clear.

Apparently Condor in Asunción have won awards for their
standard of service and the MD even visited Clive and Ann in the workshop to
make sure "the foreigners" were being looked after properly. We hope they can
redeem their now very tarnished image! Watch this
space.

Mog has also been having trouble with an oil leak. In Mog's case
from a pipe carrying oil back from the compressor to the sump. The pipe has
been patched with a bit of rubber hose, epoxy resin and three worm drive clips,
so far successfully.

Before
we left the area around Encarnacion we visited a second Jesuit Mission at
Jesus, also a World Heritage Site and also very impressive.

The church, which was never finished, was started in 1763 and work
continued till 1768 when the Jesuits were expelled from South America by the
Spanish. The site has recently been beautifully restored.

Stephen
Stewart.

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